Start Brian Thomas Jr. or Laquon Treadwell? Week 8
Updated Oct 27, 8:01 AM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 9 answer posts Tuesday.
Start Laquon Treadwell over Brian Thomas Jr.
- Market projects
- 5.0
- recent weeks avg
- JAX D vs WR
- 38.0
- 4th most to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 76%
- Through Week 7
- Target share
- 12%
- Through Week 7
- Market projects
- 4.7
- recent weeks avg
- IND D vs WR
- 29.0
- 8th fewest to WRs (2026)
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Our Week 8 call
Start Laquon Treadwell over Brian Thomas Jr. in Week 8.
Market-based projections have Laquon Treadwell at 5.0 points and Brian Thomas Jr. at 4.7, a gap of 0.2. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Laquon Treadwell this week yet, so his 5.0 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5, 6 and 7 (4.0, 6.5 and 4.4); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Brian Thomas Jr. this week yet, so his 4.7 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5 and 6 (5.1 and 4.4); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.
What the market projects
No Week 8 player market is posted for Laquon Treadwell yet. His market-based projections were 4.0, 6.5 and 4.4 points in Weeks 5, 6 and 7, an average of 5.0, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.
No Week 8 player market is posted for Brian Thomas Jr. yet. His market-based projections were 5.1 and 4.4 points in Weeks 5 and 6, an average of 4.7, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.
That puts Laquon Treadwell 0.2 points ahead of Brian Thomas Jr. on these projections.
Week 8 matchups
Laquon Treadwell and IND visit JAX on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
JAX allowed 38.0 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 6 games, the 4th most in the league.
Receivers caught passes for 210 yards and 0-1 touchdowns a game against JAX.
Brian Thomas Jr. and JAX host IND on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
IND allowed 29.0 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 8th fewest in the league.
Receivers caught passes for 142 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against IND.
By points allowed to the position, Laquon Treadwell has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Laquon Treadwell is not on the injury report.
Brian Thomas Jr. is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 8
Through Week 7, Laquon Treadwell played 76 percent of IND snaps, drew 12 percent of the targets, earned 18 percent of the air yards and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.
Laquon Treadwell, Week 4 against WAS: 56 of 66 snaps, 6 targets and 5 catches for 42 yards.
Laquon Treadwell, Week 5 against PIT: 57 of 71 snaps, 8 targets and 2 catches for 34 yards.
Laquon Treadwell, Week 6 against TEN: 77 of 83 snaps, 5 targets and 2 catches for 21 yards.
Laquon Treadwell, Week 7 against MIN: 45 of 58 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 19 yards.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025, Laquon Treadwell played 10 games for IND.
He caught 0 of 0 targets for 0 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 0 red zone targets and 0 air yards.
He was on the field for 5 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
In 2025, Brian Thomas Jr. played 14 games for JAX and scored 138.8 PPR points, 9.9 a game, finishing WR42.
He caught 48 of 91 targets for 707 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 6 red zone targets and 548 air yards.
He was on the field for 79 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Brian Thomas Jr., Week 18 of 2025 against TEN: 5 targets and 3 catches for 49 yards, 7.9 PPR points.
Brian Thomas Jr., Week 17 of 2025 against IND: 54 of 69 snaps, 7 targets and 4 catches for 39 yards, 7.9 PPR points.
Brian Thomas Jr., Week 16 of 2025 against DEN: 51 of 70 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 18 yards, 3.8 PPR points.
Their other Week 8 calls
Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 8, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
Week 8 on the board
- Is Brian Thomas Jr. playing Week 8?
- Is Laquon Treadwell playing Week 8?
- Jaguars depth chart
- Colts depth chart
- Week 8 WR rankings
- Week 8 fantasy rankings
- Week 8 start or sit
- Week 8 waiver wire
- Week 8 trade value chart
- Trade deadline buy low, sell high
- Fantasy football rankings
- Start 'em sit 'em Week 8
- Waiver wire pickups
- Fantasy sleepers
- Rest of season rankings
- Week 8 kicker rankings
- Week 8 defense rankings